Crude oil slipped to $92.27 per barrel, down $0.56 or 0.60%, while gold fell $7.5 per ounce to settle at $1,231.50, down 0.16%.

The major indexes all finished lower. The Dow Industrials fell 61.49 points to close at 16,987.51, down 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index also saw losses, declining 0.60% on the day to close down 11.91 points at 1,985.54.

The NASDAQ Composite fell 24.21 points to close down 0.53% at 4,567.60, with the NASDAQ 100 following suit, closing down 23.42 points at 4,069.23, a loss of 0.57%.

The small cap Russell 2000 posted the largest losses in Friday afternoon trade, losing a full percentage point to close at 1,160.61, down 11.73 points. The FOX 50 fared slightly better, losing only 0.36% to close down 5.14 points at 1,403.76.